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Swiss Re Office Building
BRT Architekten. Unterföhring, Germany
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Name of work in English
Swiss Re Office Building
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Name of work in original language
Swiss Re Office Building
Prize year
EUmies Awards 2003
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Work Location
Unterföhring, Germany
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Studio
BRT Architekten
EUmies Awards 2003 Shortlisted
Collaborators
Collaborator (office): Christina Tibi (project architect), Arne Erichson, Robert Erlac, Anja Koch, Astrid Lipka, G Meyer, Dagmar Nill, Maurice Paulussen, Tarek Abd Rabbo, Claudia Springmeier, Rebekka Weber, Carsten Venus; Project management: Sturm Peter Peter; Structural engineering: W. Binnewies; Mechanical: Meierhans & Partner; Electrical: Rainer Raible; Acoustical: M; Landscape architect: Martha Schwartz, Peter Kluska; Others: Bene Consulting (Office conception); Accessibility: Jappsen+Stangier (Lifts); Fire consulting: Kurt Klingsohr, Anton Decker
Program
Office
Completion
2001
Detached though not isolated: this is the theme behind the design of the Swiss Re office building, which consists of individual office units shaped like the sails of a windmill and allowing employees to concentrate on team and project work without losing overall togetherness with other groups. Broad glass façades offer a view of the surrounding buildings. Accessible bridges between units of floating structures create short routes for fast, personal contact between employees. A central main hall has been deliberately incorporated to act as a road without dead ends, linking all the work complexes together. Our objective here was to achieve a sensation of openness. Areas of water, clearings and plantations are positioned so that the building fits in harmoniously with the surrounding natural environment and creates a peaceful, relaxed work milieu for employees and clients. From the very outset, the project sought lightness, transparency and naturalness. In an industrial area without apparent uniform growth, our building will hopefully show the way for future projects to follow.